Claim · #6495689
Lixophaga sphenophori · biocontrol · Rhabdoscelus obscurus
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“A parasitic fly (Lixophaga spenophori) introduced in Hawai'i has lessened weevil populations”
- Source
- Hawai'i Landscape Plant Pest Guide: Chewing Insects
- Authors
- Hara A., Niino-DuPonte R.
- Year
- 2015
- Publication
- UH-CTAHR Insect Pests IP-37
- Page
- 11
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Tachinid Lixophaga sphenophori is the classical biocontrol agent introduced to Hawaii against the New Guinea sugarcane weevil.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Tachinid endoparasitoid of weevil grubs with described maggot-emergence biology is well-established and matches the source quote.”
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